Dead for Tax Reasons:They should develop an algae to be deposited subcutaneously which would symbiotically provide us with photosynthetic nutrients to reduce the amount of caloric and vitamin intake required

If the US didn't give food aid and food to other countries, would we really see much higher prices and be worrying about overpopulation? There would probably be closer to 3 billion people in the world instead of 7 right now.

Dead for Tax Reasons:They should develop an algae to be deposited subcutaneously which would symbiotically provide us with photosynthetic nutrients to reduce the amount of caloric and vitamin intake required

Couldn't we just boost the krebs cycle somehow? More efficient mitochondria or something?

I'd eat the lab-grown meat, but given how people responded to the "pink slime," that almost certainly won't be an option. Of course, neither will any of the other options in the article, which is kind of the point.

/no it won't result in improved behavior//it will instead result in fingerpointing, and eventually all-out war, long before anyone starts seriously eating bugs

I don't know about 2032... Will we still have soup kitchens then, or will the Republicans decide we shouldn't have them? I'm thinking that by that time, I will probably be eating at the soup kitchens on a regular basis, with some occasional dumpster diving just to throw in some variety.

freidog:4 or 5 of us get together for a local butcher to divide up a side of beef every year or so. Now I'm wondering how far out I can reserve a cow....

[slight threadjack]Buy a whole steer now, or at least in the next few months. The low corn and soy harvest this summer means ranchers and farmers are dumping their cattle, poultry and pigs into the market, so prices are low. Sometime before the holiday season prices will star rising sharply, though as the reduced supply is felt, and could easily climb 50% or more. If we have a decent crop next year, prices will drop back to normal, but if you've stocked up you won't even feel the price hike.[/threadjack]